Scientists and entomologists who gathered here for a conference on vector-borne diseases recently have unanimously expressed that diseases caused by mosquitoes became a major challenge for India and it called for a fight across the country to control the situation.
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Focus on vector-borne diseases
Posted by Jenni (#1) 577 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)Govt announces steps to check encephalitis in Uttar Pradesh
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With the encephalitis toll in eastern Uttar Pradesh mounting to 474 this year, the Centre on Friday announced setting up of a coordination committee of different Union ministries and said it was mulling short, middle and long-term plans to control the epidemic.
A discovery by scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies might explain why some premature infants fail to respond to existing treatments for a deadly respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) and offers clues for new ways to treat the breathing disorder.
A question of education
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After a lot of mulling over, you enrol your child in a school that doesn't crucify them with homework or test them every month with exams.
What’s a festival without sweets
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Are you wondering which special goodies to dig into this Diwali? The festive platter may have ample to offer from the home-made thick and delicious creamy ‘kheer’ and syrupy gulab jamuns to the sweet and spongy ‘roshogollas’ and gur sandesh, pedas, kaju barfis, besan laddoos, that inevitably monopolize ‘mithai’ bazaars.
Delhi hit by dengue, malaria cases
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Already grappling with various allergies and viral fever, Delhi has registered 479 dengue cases, 218 malaria cases, 12 cases of chikungunya and five confirmed cases of Japanese Encephalitis this season.
The concluding statement issued by the National Conference on Health Professions Education 2011 held at Vellore on September 16 and 17, under the aegis of the Medical Education Unit of the Christian Medical College.
Indian Vision Institute launched
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India has roughly 44,000 optometrists, doctors who diagnose problems related to vision like near and farsightedness, prescribe glasses, contact lenses and provide vision therapy and rehabilitation.